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Mobile Vendor Market Share
Posted on September 17, 2019 at 11:09pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
$11 Billion Swapmeet
Posted on May 15, 2017 at 8:36pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
First of all, relax, I'm not announcing an exclusive executive swapmeet. The market for used cell phones has ramped up to a whopping $11 billion as of 2016[1]. That's a big number by itself, especially since the market scarcely existed just ten years ago. By comparison, everything sold in every category by everyone worldwide on Ebay, new or used, was $84 billion total in 2016[2].
Unless you are actually a senior exec and can offer your device, refurbished, to other…
ContinueCross-Platform Mobile Development
Posted on May 14, 2017 at 9:24am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Mobile devices prove to be a setback for cross-platform software development, but I hope it will be a minor one. At present, Android totally dominates the mobile market both in terms of hardware and software volume. As well, mobile devices are overtaking desktops for overall usage as we speak. But Linux, as open-source-friendly as it is appears to be getting the rub from Google, so where are we?
As Google continues to grumble about not controlling the world, they're leaking…
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